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Long-tailed Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus attenuatus

297 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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What the records say

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 18, May 35, June 16, July 12, August 24, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 5.
United States275
Canada172
Ontario147
Michigan68
Illinois61
New York58
Quebec25
Ohio24
Minnesota14
Vermont11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderGrasshoppers, Crickets, and Katydids · Orthoptera
FamilyKatydids · Tettigoniidae
GenusLesser Meadow Katydids · Conocephalus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Long-tailed Meadow Katydid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.